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Kabul’s Muscle-Flexing amidst recent Tensions
April 04, 2019 Prateek Joshi Commentary

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent assertion that Pakistan would play a key role in the Afghan peace settlement has contributed to the latest downswing of ties between these two nations.1 In his address to journalists, Imran Khan not onl....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , Afghanistan peace process , Afghanistan’s government’s strong stance
India’s Post-Pulwama Response
April 03, 2019 Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

The attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Pulwama, J&K, shook the nation. This has been the worst hit on the security forces of its kind. The nation was horrified and there were widespread demands to respond with an iron hand. There....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Balakot attack , Balakot game changer
Bull’s Eye - Chak De India
April 01, 2019 Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.) Commentary

27 March, 2019 will go down as the most memorable day of this decade when India demonstrated an indigenous and operational Anti-Satellite Technology (ASAT) System, the fourth nation to do so in the world after USA, Russia and China. The DRDO and ISRO....

Keywords : Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , India’s ASAT , Indian space technology
A-SAT Missile Test: A Testimony to India's Growing Military and Scientific Prowess
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

India's successful conduct of ‘Mission Shakti’ - an anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile test - on March 27, 2019 is testimony to its growing military and scientific prowess. The test entailed the destruction of an Indian satellite operating in lower e

February 11, 2010 VIF Alerts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Commentary, India's anti-satellite missile, Mission Shakti
Brexit, EU and future of Regional Integration
March 29, 2019 Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The EU Summit on 21st March decided to extend the Brexit dead-line beyond 29th March. However, it set two dead-lines instead of one. A slightly longer dead-line of 22nd May is in case British Parliament approves the ....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Europe , Commentary , Brexit , UK-EU Brexit deal
Chinese Response to Pulwama
March 25, 2019 Dr Teshu Singh Commentary

For the fourth time, China has refused to designate Masood Azhar,1 leader of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) as a global terrorist. On 14 March 2019, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Affairs said, “China is conducting a comprehensive a....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , International terrorist , China’s support to JeM
Breakthrough towards Resolving Century Old Riddle of Deadly Thunderstorms by a Muon Telescope in India
March 19, 2019 Prof Sunil Gupta Commentary

Thunderstorms are frightening and a spectacular demonstration of one of the most violent phenomenon in our atmosphere. Nearly three centuries back in 1749, Benjamin Franklin through his famous kite-experiment during a thunderstorm showed that the dis....

Keywords : Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , thunderstorm energy , India’s Muon telescope
Italy-EU-BRI- An Uncomfortable Triumvirate
March 18, 2019 Aayush Mohanty Commentary

The Belt and Road initiative (BRI) has taken a lot of criticism from financial institutions as well from some of the countries which had endorsed it when the project was launched in 2013. While the momentum of the BRI in Asia might have slowed down, ....

Keywords : Economic Studies , Commentary
Post-Balakot, Terrorism on Front Burner in Russia's South Asia Discourse
March 18, 2019 Vinay Shukla Commentary

In the wake of daring strike by the Indian Air Force (IAF) jets on the terrorist training facility of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pakistan's Balakot, the Russian discourse has radically shifted from an ‘imminent’ nuclear stand-off between the two South A....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Commentary , Pakistan’s terrorism , Russian opinion on Balakot strike
National People’s Congress 2019: Major Takeaways
March 13, 2019 Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

The National People’s Congress (NPC) which is regarded the rubber stamp Chinese Parliament started its annual session on March 5, 2019. The meetings are termed as ‘two sessions’ as both the NPC and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conf....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China’s economic challenges , tasks for Chinese leadership
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